Revealed: We unmask thug pal of racist who attacked busker on TV show The Street

FRASER ELLIOT, 26, had his face blurred for legal reasons as BBC Scotland showed him and his vile pal Francis Muir targeting their African victim in Glasgow but we reveal his identity - and the pathetic excuses he gave for the sickening attack.

THE Record today unmasks the thug who attacked a black busker in a shocking racist outburst on TV’s The Street.

Fraser Elliot, 26, had his face blurred for legal reasons on Monday night as BBC Scotland showed him and his vile pal Francis Muir targeting their African victim in Glasgow.

But today, we reveal his identity – and the pathetic excuses he gave us about his sickening attack on busker Helde Demello.

Despite clear video evidence to the contrary, Elliot, a nightclub bouncer from Ayr, claimed: “I wasn’t there when Mr Muir racially abused him. I was across the road and came over to see what was going on.

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“Next thing the busker started on me, and that’s what angered me.

“I’m disgusted with what I saw on the video but I didn’t racially abuse him. I am not a racist.

“I’m quite disgusted with myself now, but if I was that bad then why am I not being charged for it?

“I never racially abused him at all. I didn’t say anything to him.

“It was just an on-the-spot fine I got. The police released me the next day.”

More than 348,000 viewers of The Street – BBC Scotland’s no-holds-barred series on life on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street – watched Muir and Elliot confront Helde, known as Melo.

Elliot takes a swing at busker Melo (Image: BBC)

Muir, 33, who was first identified by our sister paper The Sunday Mail, stalks up to Melo and calls him a “black b******”.

The thug adds: “What about the f****** British or the homeless? You are taking the f****** p***. You are milking our country for thousands, ya f****** black b******.

“Much do you make sitting here busking every f****** day? You’re making thousands.

“I pay taxes every f****** month. Hundreds of pounds to keep you in the f****** country.

“You are a black b******, admit it.”

Elliot is first seen on camera seconds into the incident and is present as Muir abuses Melo.

He then tries to punch the busker in a drunken rage.

He slurs his words as he verbally abuses Melo and tells him: “That’s what you get in Scotland.”

Melo uses a trolley for his music gear to defend himself against Elliot (Image: BBC)

Melo stands up for himself and pushes Elliot away, saying: “Stay away from me, man. Seriously.”

But Elliot keeps coming back for more, trying to punch and kick Melo.

Melo defends himself with the trolley he uses to carry his music gear. Elliot does not stop until police arrive, despite the efforts of passers-by to restrain him.

Elliot got a fixed penalty for his part in the attack.

Muir was jailed for four months for racial abuse. He also got six months for racially abusing an Asian policewoman in a separate incident.

We have learned that Elliot and Muir, originally from Cranhill in Glasgow, were friends who worked together as security guards at a care home in the city’s east end.

Muir now lives in Kirkcaldy, while Elliot is regularly seen at his flat with his new girlfriend.

Police arrive to deal with Elliot and Muir, who is wearing pink shirt in video (Image: BBC)

After Monday’s show, Elliot used the Record’s Facebook page to try to excuse his conduct.

He wrote: “This all happened in 2011 and not the whole truth is been said about what happened that night all the papers are making it look worse and not showing what really happened that night.”

We asked him if he would like to apologise to Melo, and he replied: “I’d like to apologise for my actions but I’m no racist.

“I only have a breach of the peace from 2007 on my record.

“I want to apologise but I didn’t do anything racial.”

Muir told the Record this week that his behaviour had been shameful. But he insisted he was “a really nice guy” who had been upset at the time because he had split from his wife.